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夫道者、體常而盡變，Read the relationship between clauses ↗一隅不足以舉之。Keep different negatives apart ↗觀於道之一隅而未之能識也，Locate a relation ↗觀於道之一隅而未之能識也，Keep different negatives apart ↗Watch recurrence: 之 × 7 以 × 6 道 × 3 一 × 3 隅 × 3 也 × 3. Repetition of a graph need not mean repetition of a sense.
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孟子 · 梁惠王上不足以舉「有復於王者曰：『吾力足以舉百鈞，而不足以舉一羽；明足以察秋毫之末，而不見輿薪。』則王許之乎？」曰：「否。」
莊子 · 秋水第十七不足以舉是逡巡而卻，告之曰：『夫海千里之遠，不足以舉其大；千仞之高，不足以極其深。禹之時十年九潦，而水弗為加益；湯之時八年七旱，而崖不為
荀子 · 君道篇第十二足以舉之名，以惠天下，而不可以獨也，非是子莫足以舉之，故舉是子而用之。於是乎貴道果立，貴名果明，兼制天下，立七十一國，姬姓獨居五十三人，
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- 荀子 · Xunzi
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- Kanseki Repository · KR3a0002 · base edition tls
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- KR3a0002_021.txt, lines 196–207. XUN 21:4:3, Beida p.348f; Knoblock 3:103
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